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Martin Parkinson
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Martin Parkinson lives in North West London. He has too many interests for his own good, but has always been interested in why and how people believe things. He is currently planning a career change to become a Jedi.
The March of Unreason: Science, Democracy, and the New Fundamentalism
The March of Unreason: Science, Democracy, and the New Fundamentalism
by Dick Taverne
OUP, £18.99, ISBN 0-19-280485-5
The title is a sexy one for the sceptically-inclined: a...
Feel the force – examining the imagination’s role in Ki Aikido and soft martial arts
From the archives, barefoot sceptic Martin Parkinson ‘fesses up and counts his new age brownie points.
A Brief Introduction to NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)
A critical analysis of the background of NLP
Published in The Skeptic, Volume 16, Issue 3 (2003)
Widely claimed to be indispensable for anyone who wishes to communicate better, NLP tempted Martin Parkinson to enter the jargon-jungle and find out more.
Inspirational, motivational business speakers: coming soon to an office near you…
From the archives, Martin Parkinson predicting the rise of pseudo-inspirational business speakers like Tony Robbins